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The Rookery

2 ha

📷 Mick Malpass · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Public accessFree entryDogs welcome2 ha

Getting here

52.51800, -1.61726

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🌞Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings
🐕Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails
📍Open access throughout summer — no booking required

Good to know

£Free to visit — no entry charge
🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals

Free

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Pheasant +91 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Chaffinch, Blackbird, Pheasant +91 more · last seen 2025

Free

Dog walks

Strong match

Dogs allowed — public woodland

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Painted Lady, Cinnabar +16 more · last seen 2025; Insects — Dark-edged Bee-fly, Painted Lady, Cinnabar +16 more · last seen 2025

Free

Foraging

Good match

Deciduous woodland — fungi, berries and wild garlic

Varies

Forest walks

Good match

Public woodland

Free

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

14 signed routes nearby · 18 public paths nearby

Signed route nearbyPublic paths

Heart of England WayWalking route

Named routeListed length 161kmRegional walking route

Centenary WayWalking route

Named routeRef CWListed length 100 miRegional walking route

A Coventry WayWalking route

Named routeRef ACWListed length 40 miRegional walking route

ACW Circular Walk 17Walking route

Named routeRef C17Listed length 9 kmLocal walking route

ACW Circular Walk 17A (short-cut to C17)Walking route

Named routeRef C17ALocal walking route

🚴

Cycling

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Northern Warwickshire CyclewayCycling route

Named routeRef Northern Warwickshire CyclewayRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

springautumn

2025

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Great Tit · Pheasant · Woodpigeon +92

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BuzzardButeo buteo
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
SwiftApus apus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Barn OwlTyto alba
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Common GullLarus canus2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2023

Polecat · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew

PolecatMustela putorius
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Common ShrewSorex araneus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth +6

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2020
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2020
HydropsycheHydropsyche2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020

🌿

Plants110 species

spring

2025

Hard-fern · Greater Plantain · Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Ivy +105

Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
IvyHedera helix
NipplewortLapsana communis
CleaversGalium aparine
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
ElderSambucus nigra
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
RoseRosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Two-flowered Everlasting-peaLathyrus grandiflorus2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2022
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2022
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
Silver BirchBetula pendula2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2022
SnowdropGalanthus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
daffodilsNarcissus2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2022
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Red OakQuercus rubra2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Field-roseRosa arvensis2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022
BroomCytisus scoparius2022
AspenPopulus tremula2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
European LarchLarix decidua2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
YuccaYucca2022
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2022
AlderAlnus glutinosa2022
Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

4,157 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds97 species

springautumn

2025

Chaffinch · Blackbird · Great Tit · Pheasant · Woodpigeon +92

ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
BlackbirdTurdus merula
Great TitParus major
PheasantPhasianus colchicus
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus
RobinErithacus rubecula
SkylarkAlauda arvensis
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
MagpiePica pica
JackdawColoeus monedula
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
Carrion CrowCorvus corone
BuzzardButeo buteo
DunnockPrunella modularis
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
Yellow WagtailMotacilla flava2024
RavenCorvus corax
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
LinnetLinaria cannabina
FieldfareTurdus pilaris
RookCorvus frugilegus
GoldcrestRegulus regulus
Stock DoveColumba oenas
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii
WheatearOenanthe oenanthe2024
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
RedwingTurdus iliacus
StarlingSturnus vulgaris
NuthatchSitta europaea
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufa
SiskinSpinus spinus
JayGarrulus glandarius
MoorhenGallinula chloropus
MallardAnas platyrhynchos
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
SwallowHirundo rustica
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Coal TitPeriparus ater
House SparrowPasser domesticus
Red KiteMilvus milvus
KestrelFalco tinnunculus
GreenfinchChloris chloris
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
Greylag GooseAnser anser
Canada GooseBranta canadensis
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridis
BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
LapwingVanellus vanellus
CootFulica atra
Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
Grey HeronArdea cinerea
Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
Rock DoveColumba livia
Mute SwanCygnus olor
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
WhitethroatCurruca communis2024
Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
TreecreeperCerthia familiaris2022
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra
Herring GullLarus argentatus
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatus
Little EgretEgretta garzetta
Cetti's WarblerCettia cetti
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2024
Lesser WhitethroatCurruca curruca2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2022
KingfisherAlcedo atthis2020
Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus
TealAnas crecca
SwiftApus apus2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus2023
Tawny OwlStrix aluco2023
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2022
WoodcockScolopax rusticola
Ring-necked ParakeetPsittacula krameri
Barn OwlTyto alba
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula
GadwallMareca strepera
GoosanderMergus merganser
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus2024
RedstartPhoenicurus phoenicurus2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2022
BramblingFringilla montifringilla2022
CurlewNumenius arquata2022
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus2021
Common GullLarus canus2020

🦌

Mammals3 species

springautumn

2023

Polecat · Grey Squirrel · Common Shrew

PolecatMustela putorius
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2020
Common ShrewSorex araneus2020

🐸

Amphibians1 species

spring

2020

Smooth Newt

Smooth NewtLissotriton vulgaris

🐝

Insects11 species

springsummer

2025

Dark-edged Bee-fly · Alder Leaf Beetle · Lesser Marsh Grasshopper · 22-spot Ladybird · Box Tree Moth +6

Dark-edged Bee-flyBombylius major2024
Alder Leaf BeetleAgelastica alni
Lesser Marsh GrasshopperChorthippus albomarginatus2023
22-spot LadybirdPsyllobora vigintiduopunctata2022
Box Tree MothCydalima perspectalis2021
Box BugGonocerus acuteangulatus2020
Eupteryx aurataEupteryx aurata2020
HydropsycheHydropsyche2020
Lily BeetleLilioceris lilii2020
Common EarwigForficula auricularia/dentata agg.2020
Cercopis vulnerataCercopis vulnerata2020

🌿

Plants110 species

spring

2025

Hard-fern · Greater Plantain · Holly · Greater Stitchwort · Ivy +105

Hard-fernBlechnum spicant2022
Greater PlantainPlantago major
HollyIlex aquifolium
Greater StitchwortStellaria holostea
IvyHedera helix
NipplewortLapsana communis
CleaversGalium aparine
Lords-and-LadiesArum maculatum
DandelionTaraxacum
Common NettleUrtica dioica
Creeping ButtercupRanunculus repens
Broad-leaved DockRumex obtusifolius
Dog's MercuryMercurialis perennis
HawthornCrataegus monogyna
BluebellHyacinthoides non-scripta x hispanica = H. x massartiana
Yorkshire-fogHolcus lanatus
Cherry PlumPrunus cerasifera
ElderSambucus nigra
HogweedHeracleum sphondylium
Lesser CelandineFicaria verna
HazelCorylus avellana
Cow ParsleyAnthriscus sylvestris
AshFraxinus excelsior
Common KnapweedCentaurea nigra
RoseRosa
Ribwort PlantainPlantago lanceolata
Creeping ThistleCirsium arvense
False-bromeBrachypodium sylvaticum
YarrowAchillea millefolium
Two-flowered Everlasting-peaLathyrus grandiflorus2022
Common VetchVicia sativa2022
Wild CherryPrunus avium2022
SelfhealPrunella vulgaris2022
Thyme-leaved SpeedwellVeronica serpyllifolia2022
Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrageChrysosplenium oppositifolium2022
Common ValerianValeriana officinalis2022
DaffodilNarcissus pseudonarcissus subsp. pseudonarcissus2022
Three-nerved SandwortMoehringia trinervia2022
Wild AngelicaAngelica sylvestris2022
HoneysuckleLonicera periclymenum2022
Silver BirchBetula pendula2022
Wavy Bitter-cressCardamine flexuosa2022
Bog StitchwortStellaria alsine2022
Scaly Male-fernDryopteris affinis2022
BlackthornPrunus spinosa2022
Red CurrantRibes rubrum2022
SnowdropGalanthus2022
Hedge WoundwortStachys sylvatica2022
BugleAjuga reptans2022
Compact RushJuncus conglomeratus2022
Wood DockRumex sanguineus2022
Great Wood-rushLuzula sylvatica2022
Large Bitter-cressCardamine amara2022
YewTaxus baccata2022
daffodilsNarcissus2022
Soft-rushJuncus effusus2022
Wood SageTeucrium scorodonia2022
Shining Crane's-billGeranium lucidum2022
Wood SpeedwellVeronica montana2022
Tufted Hair-grassDeschampsia cespitosa2022
RowanSorbus aucuparia2022
BrackenPteridium aquilinum2022
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. montanum2022
Lesser PeriwinkleVinca minor2022
Wood AvensGeum urbanum2022
Red OakQuercus rubra2022
Bush VetchVicia sepium2022
Pendulous SedgeCarex pendula2022
Hairy Wood-rushLuzula pilosa2022
Broad Buckler-fernDryopteris dilatata2022
Field-roseRosa arvensis2022
BrooklimeVeronica beccabunga2022
Downy BirchBetula pubescens2022
FoxgloveDigitalis purpurea2022
Wood-sorrelOxalis acetosella2022
BroomCytisus scoparius2022
AspenPopulus tremula2022
Perennial Rye-grassLolium perenne2022
Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa2022
Pedunculate OakQuercus robur2022
BrambleRubus fruticosus2022
PignutConopodium majus2022
Marsh-bedstrawGalium palustre2022
White Dead-nettleLamium album2022
Sweet ChestnutCastanea sativa2022
Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatumLamiastrum galeobdolon subsp. argentatum2022
Yellow PimpernelLysimachia nemorum2022
PrimrosePrimula vulgaris2022
Scots PinePinus sylvestris2022
RaspberryRubus idaeus2022
Male-fernDryopteris filix-mas2022
Ground-ivyGlechoma hederacea2022
European LarchLarix decidua2022
Rosebay WillowherbChamaenerion angustifolium2022
Common ChickweedStellaria media2022
Horse-chestnutAesculus hippocastanum2022
Common Dog-violetViola riviniana2022
BeechFagus sylvatica2022
Cherry LaurelPrunus laurocerasus2022
SilverweedPotentilla anserina2022
YuccaYucca2022
Flowering CurrantRibes sanguineum2022
AlderAlnus glutinosa2022
Tall TutsanHypericum androsaemum x hircinum = H. x inodorum2022
SycamoreAcer pseudoplatanus2022
Common RagwortJacobaea vulgaris2022
Common FigwortScrophularia nodosa2022
Red CampionSilene dioica2022
Garlic MustardAlliaria petiolata2022
Enchanter's-nightshadeCircaea lutetiana2022